I just started reading this last night, and I'm already half way through the book. This should tell you something because, even though I am somewhat of a fast reader, I was sleeping a majority of the time between then and now.
I was especially interested in reading this because I have recently become hooked on her show 30 Rock thanks to Netflix. There are certainly many similarities between Liz Lemon and her actual life, and I have yet to go more than a few minutes of reading without laughing aloud. It can be a little crude at times, but always in the funniest way possible.
“But I think the first real change in women’s body image came when JLo turned it butt-style. That was the first time that having a large-scale situation in the back was part of mainstream American beauty. Girls wanted butts now. Men were free to admit that they had always enjoyed them. And then, what felt like moments later, boom—Beyoncé brought the leg meat. A back porch and thick muscular legs were now widely admired. And from that day forward, women embraced their diversity and realized that all shapes and sizes are beautiful.
Ah ha ha. No. I’m totally messing with you. All Beyonce and JLo have done is add to the laundry list of attributes women must have to qualify as beautiful. Now every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes.”
I was especially interested in reading this because I have recently become hooked on her show 30 Rock thanks to Netflix. There are certainly many similarities between Liz Lemon and her actual life, and I have yet to go more than a few minutes of reading without laughing aloud. It can be a little crude at times, but always in the funniest way possible.
Here's a brief excerpt from her commentary on the "ideal American body image":
“But I think the first real change in women’s body image came when JLo turned it butt-style. That was the first time that having a large-scale situation in the back was part of mainstream American beauty. Girls wanted butts now. Men were free to admit that they had always enjoyed them. And then, what felt like moments later, boom—Beyoncé brought the leg meat. A back porch and thick muscular legs were now widely admired. And from that day forward, women embraced their diversity and realized that all shapes and sizes are beautiful.
Ah ha ha. No. I’m totally messing with you. All Beyonce and JLo have done is add to the laundry list of attributes women must have to qualify as beautiful. Now every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the abs of a lesbian gym owner, the hips of a nine-year-old boy, the arms of Michelle Obama, and doll tits. The person closest to actually achieving this look is Kim Kardashian, who, as we know, was made by Russian scientists to sabotage our athletes.”
If you're looking for a fun, funny, easy read, this is a must. If it doesn't have you laughing or at least smiling ridiculously to yourself by a few pages in, something might be wrong with you.
(Or you might just be a little classier than I am, so I guess that's ok too.)
